The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has joined eighteen other activist
and advocacy organizations in challenging the National Security
Agency's (NSA) mass surveillance of telecommunications in the United
States with a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF).

New Internationalist adopts DRM-free label and over 50 others added to the DRM-free Guide

From July 26th

The Guide to DRM-free Living is consistently one of the most
comprehensive and sought out resources of the Defective by Design
campaign. Since the last major overhaul of the Guide, readers like you
have helped us add over fifty new listings and we've even added new
subsections.

Windows 8: PRISM Edition

From July 25th

Microsoft is intercepting your stuff and sending it to the NSA (and
the CIA and the FBI). This post offers suggestions on how to avoid
surveillance, such as encrypting email, switching to GNU/Linux, and a
full congressional investigation.

A distress call from a company threatened by a patent troll

From July 11th

The FSF recently received a message from a software company in the
legislative sights of the notorious patent troll NeoMedia
Technologies. The company's lawyer, Charles Kramer, asked us to share
a message with our supporters.

Interview with Shiv Shankar Dayal of Kunjika

From July 19th

This is the latest installment of our Licensing and Compliance Lab's
series on free software developers who choose GNU licenses for their
works. In this edition, we interviewed Shiv Shankar Dayal, the
developer of Kunjika, an extensible web-based Q&A system.

May 2013 - Ciudad Madero, Mexico - RMS at the ITCM

From July 18th

RMS was in the Gran Salón of the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, on May 29th, 2013, to deliver his speech "El movimiento del software libre," to an audience of more than 850 people.

Richard Stallman becomes a Hall-of-Famer

From June 26th

Free Software Foundation founder and president Richard Stallman was inducted into the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of other visionaries like Aaron Swartz, Jimmy Wales, and John Perry Barlow, who have all made significant contributions to the advancement of the global Internet.

Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

From July 31th

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to
discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth
of useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version
control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software
Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past
decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and
exciting free software projects.

To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place
in the #fsf channel on irc.gnu.org, and usually include a handful of
regulars as well as newcomers. Everyone's welcome.

The next meeting is Friday, August 2nd from 2pm to 5pm EDT (18:00 to 21:00 UTC). Details here:

LibrePlanet featured resource: Defective By Design's DRM FAQ

Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is
interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.

For this month, we are highlighting the Digital Restrictions
Management (DRM) Frequently Asked Questions list put together by the
Defective by Design campaign and is a collaboration among anti-DRM
activists to develop introductory materials on why DRM is a threat to
computing freedom. You are invited to adopt, spread and improve this
important resource.

I'd like to welcome Gaganjyot as the new maintainer of Dr. Geo,
Avneet Kaur as the new maintainer of GNU libffcall, and Thad Meyer as
the new maintainer of GNU rottlog, as well as Pratik Bhoir as a
new-comaintainer for GNU gnats. Thanks everyone.

Take action with the FSF

Contributions from thousands of individual members enable the FSF's
work. You can contribute by joining at https://www.fsf.org/join. If
you're already a member, you can help refer new members (and earn some
rewards) by adding a line with your member number to your email
signature like:

The FSF is also always looking for volunteers
(https://www.fsf.org/volunteer). From rabble-rousing to hacking, from
issue coordination to envelope stuffing -- there's something here for
everybody to do. Also, head over to our campaign section
(https://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents,
DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.